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July 20 1926.

P. EDLICH APPARATUS FOR FINISHING TEXTILE F ABRICS AND THE LIKE original Filed Feb. 27, 19 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 uwmron, Pam EBA \ck,

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WITNESS July '20-, 1926.

. I v P. EDLIGH APPARATUS FOR FINISHING TEXTILE FABRICS AND THE LIKE 2 t 9 6 h s S t e m s 2 Original Filed Feb. 27, 1922 wmvfss a. o finish and its app 'cation to bo Reiuued July 20, 1 926.

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APPARATUS FOR TEXTILE FABRICS AND THE LIKE.

Original Io. 1,471,351, dated October 28,1823, Serial Io. 589,528, fled February 27, 1922. Application for reissue filed larch '28, 1925. Serial 180. 18,689.

The'principal object of this invention is to provide an improved fabric rubbing machine for imparting a finish to fabrics and as ially fabrics r uiring the hi her grade faces-of the fabric. In carrying out 'my invention I had had in mind thatto accomplish this ob ject provision should be made for rubbing m to directions on the same face of 10 the' fabric, for yieldingly supportin the fabric while being rubbed, for ad'ust lity of the rubbing pressure, and for er conditions as will appear in the following description. o I

In the drawings I 4 j lfi'g. 1 is a plan view of a preferred form of my machine with the frame 4, but with parts carried thereby and other parts removed; o 4 4 so Fig. 2 is a side elevation-thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the mode of driving certain arts of the mechamsm.

Referring to -t e figures, numeral designates the stationary frame, which is pro- 25' vided with side brackets 2 in which guidd supports 3 and 3' are provided for an adjustableframe 4. V l

The adjustable frame 4 rests u n manually-operable adjusting means in 'cated at 5 80 of. any convenient construction. Extending from the guide support 3' is another stationary framefi, as suspension for the ides 7 and and t e wmdup 9 for the fimshed u 5 Extending from the opposite side of the stationary frame is a brac et 10,.support1ng a roll of unfinished s,= ind1cate at 11 and tension means in 'cated at 12.

On top of the stationary frame is mountedso a series of rollers 13,14 and 15, which are preferably covered with aresllien mfl rial, as for instance, felt velvet'orp'lush indicated at 16 in Fig. 1. Also mounted upon this stationary frame is an adjustable apron 48 indicated at 17, supported by a series of rollers 18, 19 and 20 and driven by the rollers 19, 20 and 21. By of a take-up indi-- cated at 22, the apron or slackened. 'Mounted upon able frame 4, there is a s milarjtrav apron 23 provided, which is dlsposed esposlte the roller series 13,14 and 15, an so arranged that its yieldable portion faces 17 maybe the middle roller 14. Adjacent the apron 3, roller 13 in the first series turns in clocknatural appearing, im roved finishing efiect rollers 23- onthe ad to the lower face of t e material.

23 and on frame 4 there is another series of resiliently covered rollers 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28, facing the spacesbetween the rollers 19, 20 and ,the rollers 18 forv the adjustable apron 17.

Thus there are two sets of rubbing means, one adjustable toward and from the other, each set including rubbin devices and a y elding o poser (17 or 23 ande ach hav mg its rub ingdevices coo ratin with the opposer of the other set, w ereby' 0th sides 0 the'fabric are adapted to be rubbed at' once. 1

- A driving mechanism indicated at 29 .-is adapted to rotate through a 1chain136 the 70 end roller 21 of the adjustable apron 17 and also through a belt 31 the lower and the upper series of rollers, as shown-in Fig. 3. A take-up indicated at for the driving means 31,'transmitting 'motion to the roller series, permits the various ad'ustmentsof the roller series toward their respective aprons; that is,-it permits the frame 4 to riseand fall,;carrymg apron 23 and roller series 24- 25-262728 from or toward roller series 1314--15 and apron 17 which are arranged in the main frame 1, having for this purpose a spring, as shown in Fig. 2. The apron 23 is not driven, but simply affords a yielding opposer to roller 14 the apro n17 afiords a yielding opposer to rollers 24 to 28, and it is drivenforthe purpose of drawing the fabric throu h the machine.

As will be noted from t e diagram in Fig.

wise direction, roller 14 in anti-clockwise direction, roller 15 in clockwise direction again, roller 24 in anti-clockwise direction and roller 25 in clockwise direction, and so on. E

Between the tension means 12 and the first roller 13 of the"lower series, there will be noticed a roller 32, dipping into a pan 33, which is filled witha fabric treating agent for cleaning,"eliminating streaks, and imparting uniforms pear'ance to the goods, and further adapte to impart, together with. A the mechanical operation of the device, a

A similar device com rising a container. 34 on to of frame 4, and having drip-cocks indicate at 35 provided, also contains an agent for treating the upper surface of the goods. It will be noted that the application rollfr rolls upon the hearings in bracket and are passed through tension means 12 over roller 32 and over roller 13 passing from there between the lower roller series and the r apron, and then between the upper series and the lower apron.

' aving the apron, the finished goods pass over the guide roller 7, and over guide roller 8 to the wind-up, indicated at 9.

The cloth is shown in the drawings in dashed and dotted lines, which can be readily followed. 7

The operation of my device is very simple. The lower surface of the cloth to be finis ed is supplied with the chemical agent from tank 33 and is drawn by roller 13 forward between the apron-23 androller 14, which travels in o posite direction, and faster than the cloth. thismanner a certain finish is imparted to the cloth, at the point between the travelling apron 23 and roller 14. The apron 23 wil give toa certain extent whereby a pressing contact is achieved between the roller and the cloth, which latter bears against apron 23.

Now the cloth travels over rollers 15 and 24 into the space between the upper series of rollers and the adjustable trave lmg'apron 17 which latter on account of the considerable surface of its acting portion serves .to draw the fabric through the machine.

The chemical agent contained in tank 34 is even] distributed upon the right side of the cloth.

The material is now pressed between the upper series of rollers and the spaces between the apron supporting roller 18, 19 and 20. 1

Through the difierent direction of rotation of the upper series of rollers and through the pressure exerted against a ron 17 by the upper frame in downward 'rection, a perfect surface contact between the rollers of the upper series and the upper face of the cloth sup rted by the travelling apron is accomphs ed.

Since there is a greater number of rollers in the up r series, the finish of the up er surface 0 the oods will be more comp etc than that of the ower surface.

As may be seenfrom the drawings, the lower apron is travelling at a slower speed than the rollers, due to the transmission arent, indicated at 86. material having passed over the'apron rollers adapted to alternately and over roller 21 is guided over rollers 7 r v and 8 toward the wind-up indicated at 9.

goods and a corresponding lesser finishing effect at its reverse side, due to the fact that the reverse side first receives the finishing treatment and that the chemical agent applied to that side has fully saturated it, and that the reverse side now serves so-to-speak as reinforcement for the finishing operation of the upper or right side, be it understood that the operation may be reversed or alternately employed, so that the first finished side serves as reinforcement for the successive o ration of the other side to be finishe It is also possible to impregnate both sides simultaneously with the treating agent and then alternately apply the mechanical finishingtreatmente.

The principle of treating cloth or fabric materia against yieldable supports, represents one of the important features of my device, whereby an exquisite finish isattained.

The mechanical construction of my finishmg device may of course be changed and simplified in various ways, and I therefore reserve for myself the right to make improvements or changes intended to facilitate the operation of sucha device to the best advantage attainable.

It is noted that the means 12, the roller 32 WhlOh applies the liquid treating agent to the fabric and the roller 13 are in such relative arrangement that the fabric is held by the means 12 and the roller 13in tangent relation to the roller 32,- so that it barely touches the periphery of the latter roller. This is a novel and important feature in my invention, because it is very necessary that a superfluous amount of the treating agent, which is usually of an oily nature, be not fed to the fabric or else the latter will be alternately in opposite directions streaked or blotched. The roller 32 is not rotated, and the liquid a cut reaches the goods over the surface of t e roller only by ca illary attraction.

aving thus described my invention, I claim 1 1. In a machine for imparting a natural appealing finish to 'a textile weave or similar materlal, the combination of a series of verse directions and bear against the reverse surface of the material, a travelling apron rotate in ref disposed opposite said rollers and yieldably sup orting the material at its future right sur ace, another series of rollers, having a greater number of rollers than the first series, adapted to alternately rotate in reverse directions and to bear against the right side of the material, 'a travelling adjustable apron disposed o posite said second series of rollers for yiel ably supporting the material at its finished reverse side, means for adjusting the tension of-saidlast apron, and means for supplying a chemical fabric treating agent to the respective surfaces of the material prior to being mechanically treated by said series of rollers.

2. bination of a stationary and an adjustable frame, a series of rollers adapted for mechanical treatment of the future reverse surface of a material lodged in the stationary frame, an adjustable travelling apron operatively mounted ,on said stationary frame,

a travelling apron facing said series of rollers and operatively supported by said adjustable frame, another series of rollers also supported by said adjustable frame facing the adjustable apron, a driving mechanism for said rollers adapted to cause the rollers of the respective series to rotate alternately in clockwise and anti-clockwise directions, a take-up for said driving mechanism, means for supplying a chemical cloth treating agent to the material prior to being mechanically treated successively by the said series of rollers, and means for facilitating the regulating of .said adjustable frame, and

. thus the pressure of the rollers against their respective travelling aprons.

3. In av cloth finishing machine, the combination of stationary and adjustable frames, a series of rollers, having resilient coverings, supported by said stationary frame, an adjustable travelling apron also supported by said stationary frame, a travelling apron facing the series of rollers and suspended by said adjustable frame, and so arranged as to allow its yieldable parts to be compressed by said rollers, another series of rollers, greater in number, having resilient coverings, suspended by said adjustable frame and facing said adjustable apron, said rollers being so arranged as to press against the yieldable portions of said apron, and

means for facilitating the adjustment of the pressure between said series of rollers and their respective aprons.

4. In a fabric rubbing machine, the 001m bination of coacting rubbing means between which the fabric is held and adapted to be advanced under pressure, one including an apron and spaced supports bridged by a part of the apron and the other being arranged to exert pressure on the apron between such supports, and carrying structures for sa d means, respectively, one of said In a cloth finishing machine, the 'com-' structures being adjustable in a path extending through a plane connecting said supports to move the corresponding meanstoward and from the other.

5. In a fabric rubbing machine, the combination of a fabric rubbing roller member, means to support said member in position to rub one face of the fabric, an apron member arranged to bear against the opposite face of the fabric. means 'for supportingand also maintaining taut the apron member independently of the other member including spaced supports for the apron member by which the fabric-contacting portion thereof is bridged and arranged on the relatively opposite sides of the roller member, thevfabric being adapted to be advanced transversely of the axis of the roller member and between said members, and means to move one member in rubbing contact with the fabric.

6. In a fabric rubbing machine, the combination of an apron advanceable in its own plane, means to hold taut a part of the length of the apron, and supports for said part spaced from each other lengthwise of and engaging one face of said part,the other face of said part being adapted to frictionally gripone face of and thereby advance the fabric, a plurality of rubbing rollers having their axes transverse of the path of advance of the apron and bearing against the opposite face of the fabric between said supports, and means to revolve the rollers in relatively opposite directions.

7. In a fabric rubbing machine, 'the combination of an apron advanceable in its own plane, means to hold taut a part of the length of the apron, and supports for said part spaced from each other lengthwise of and engaging one face of said part, the

other face of said part being adapted to frictionally grip one face of and thereby advance the fabric, a plurality of rubbing rollers having their axes transverse of the path of advance of the apron and bearing against the opposite face of the fabric between said supports, and means to revolve the rollers in relatively opposite directions and simultaneously advance the apron.

8. In a fabric rubbing machine, the combination of two sets of fabric rubbing rollers arranged to rub opposite faces of the fabric while being advanced and one set in advance of the other relatively to the direction of such advance, the axes of all the rollers being transverse of the path of advance of the fabric, means, common to the rollers in both sets, to rotate the rollers in each set in relatively opposite directions, and means to hold the fabric bearing against each set of rollers while being advanced.

9. In a fabric rubbing machine, the combination of two sets of fabric rubbing rollers arranged to rub opposite faces of the fabric while being advanced and one set in advance of the other relatively to the direction of such advance, the axes of all the rollers bein transverse of the path of advance of the fa ric, means, including a travelling belt extending zig-zag fashion around and in contact with the rollers of both sets, to rotate the rollers in each set in relatively opposite directions, and means to hold the fabric bearing against each set of rollers while advanced. v

1O. In a fabric rubbing machine,-the combination of an apron, means supportin and also maintaining taut the apron includ ing a series of supports for the apron arranged all against one face of the apron and substantially in a plane and with spaces intervening between them, the fabric being advanceable in contact with the opposite face of the apron and ast the several supports successively, an rubbing members arranged to bear in unison against the portion of the fabric in contact, with the taut part of the apron and also arranged respectively opposite said spaces.

11. In a fabric rubbing machine, the combination of two sets of coactive fabric pressing means, each set includin an opposer therefor, supfporting structures mova le one toward. and r 7 one carrying at one side of the fabric the opposer of one and the roller of the other om the other and,

a roller and set and the other carrying at' the other side of the fabric the other roller and opp0ser,a driving belt extending around and adapted to rotate the rollers and yielding means to tension the belt.

' PAUL EDLICH. 

